Dump-car.



W. .L- BURNER.

DUMP CAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15. 1916- 1 36,368; Patnted Aug. 7, 1917.

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WEED STATES PATENT FF@,

WILLIAM L. BURNER, OF COLUMBU S, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE KILBOURNE AND JACOBS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

DUMP-CAR.

1,236,368. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. t, 191?,

Application filed. May 15, 1916. Serial No. 97,607.

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. BURNER, pin 13 travels down the slot 9, the pin 14 a citizen of the United States, residing at travels along the inclined face 10 thereby Columbus, in the county of Franklin and forcing the member 8 inwardly and also State of Ohio, have invented certain new thereby carrying the member 11 inwardly and useful Improvements in Dump-Cars, of until the maximum position is reached as which the following is a specification. shown in the dotted lines in Fig. 2. The 0 My invention relates to a dumping car construction provided assures the inward having a bed adapted to tilt in either dire folding of the lock arm and renders it im tion for dumping; chains are usually propossible to fold in any other direction; this vided to hold the car bed in normal position, is a Safety precaution which is highly debut I dispense with them and provid in sirable. By my improvement therefore I their stead a lock arm so constructed as to in the necessary flexibility for ready fold inwardly on the side of the car toward operation of the car in dumping and rightwhich the dumping takes place, and th l k mg and also provlde a firm and substantlal arm on the other side will e while means for maintaining the car bed securely remain extended. The'purpose of the lock In its 1191111211 POSitiOn When' loadefit arm is to maintain the car bed in normal when 9; mowid pty- In the t'lghtmg horizontal position, to fold out of the way movement the pm 13 1 r r c d to he to permit dumping, and to assume extended pp end of the Slot and the p 14 position when th b d i g i i ht d; travels back along the face 10 and returns the arm gives greater rigidity and support to ppe POSltlOIl as wn In Flg- 1- to the car bed than is possible by the use h opel'fltlon 0n the other Slde f h 1 of hain Wlll be readily understood from the drawings In th drawings h t tt h d d and the description above given for one side made part of this specification, Figure 1 is of the 1S s iq a transverse section view of a car from the What I 0131111 0 end, having my improved lock arm thereon; In a Slde dumplng havlng cm? Fig. 2 is a transverse section View from the e and a l ck mounted on the underframe, same point showing th ar b d i it an arm associated with s a1d car bed, a second dumped position, and illustrating the movearm assoemted Wlth 531d 9 9 0f Sald ent of th lo kin arm as th b d i arms having a slot and hav ng its free end tilting toward its dumped position; Fig. 3 cut away to provlde an inclined face, a pm is a transverse sectional View showing the 011 831d other m o gag ld l and a v position of the lock arm on the side of the Second P t adapttd to engage said car bed which is l vat d i th d i face to cause said arms to fold mwardly operation. when the car bed is appropriately dumped.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the car bed In a slde p g Q, a bed mounted pivotally at 2 on the underframe and a lock moun ed on the underframe, a to tilt in both directions; a dog or latch 4 100k arm assocleted t e a is mounted on the underframe and appny second arm associated Wltll Stud lOClC having priately operated to engage the locking bar a sl t ear Its upper end, means carried by 5 pivotally mounted on the underframe 3 at Sflld first arm to engage 111 sa1d slot: and 6; pivotally associated at 7 with the lockmeans p d to g g Bald nd arm i b 5 i a member 8 f th l k to cause sa1d arms to fold inwardly when provided with the slot 9 and cut away at its Stud 6211 b 13 appropllately p upper or free end to form the inclined face In testlmony whereof I affix y slgnfltllle 10. The member 11 of the lock arm is pivotally mounted at 12 on the car bed 1, and carries the pin 13 to engage the slot 9 locking bar 5 remain in engagement, the

of two witnesses.

WILLIAM L. BURNER.

in the presenc and the pin 14: to engage the inclined face 10. Witnesses:

Assume that the car bed is to be dumped J. D. BENBOW, as illustrated in Fig. 2; the dog 4 and the J C. STONE.

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